Contributing a standby content part
Plug-ins can also implement a part for displaying alternative content when the intro page is in standby mode. For
example, the platform defines a standby part that will show a cheat sheet for related intro content. The part is launched using a page
link with a specialized URL. Standby parts are launched using a URL containing a special command for showing
a standby part, such as https://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showStandby?partId=somePartId.
The part is defined in the standbyContentPart subelement in the
org.eclipse.ui.intro.configExtension
extension. An id, pluginId, and class must be specified for the part. The class must implement
IStandbyContentPart.
The following snippet shows how the platform defines a standby part for showing cheat sheets.
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.intro.configExtension">
<standbyContentPart
id="org.eclipse.platform.cheatsheet"
class="org.eclipse.platform.internal.CheatSheetStandbyContent"
pluginId="org.eclipse.platform"/>
</extension>
This cheat sheet could be launched from an intro page using a
link subelement whose
URL is
https://org.eclipse.ui.intro/showStandby?partId=org.eclipse.platform.cheatsheet&input=org.eclipse.pde.helloworld.
This IntroURL would launch the org.eclipse.platform.cheatsheet standby content part and set its input to
"org.eclipse.pde.helloworld". The detailed mechanics for implementing a standby part are beyond the scope
of this discussion. See
IStandbyContentPart
and its related classes for more information.
